Google redirect virus is a very malicious program spread by hackers to steal Google’s traffic by infecting millions of PCs. The virus uses sophisticated hacking techniques which makes it extremely hard to remove. This is the reason why most antivirus programs are unable to remove it. Please beware that following manual removal instructions may lead to that your PC crashes. It is therefore recommended that you use a legitimate removal tool to remove the Google redirect virus.

Monday, November 7, 2011

How to Remove Search.yellowise.com Google Redirect Virus

Search.yellowise.com screenshot

If you are getting random redirections to Search.yellowise.com website you are faced with a harmful malware created by online criminals to redirect your Google search engine results. The Google redirect virus is designed to modify various Internet settings on your computer so that you get redirected to unrelated malicious websites and fake search engines with annoying advertisements.

Search.yellowise.com virus gets inside your system with help a very malicious rootkit program usually bundled with downloadable music, games, movies or pornographic related content. The rootkit may also be installed through malicious drive-by-download java scripts placed onto hacked or malicious websites.

The browser hijacker is capable of hijacking all known Internet browsers and affect any search engines because it’s infecting the core proxy settings of your computer by adding and deleting corrupt entries inside the Windows Registry, DNS and HOSTS file.

When you perform a search query for a certain term on Google.com you will see the actual search engine results, but once you click on any of the listed links, your browser will get manipulated by the virus and redirected to Search.yellowise.com and other random unknown sites which you didn’t intend to visit.

Once inside your computer, the virus will open a backdoor connection to constantly update itself and download further malware. It will inject itself into common running processes and hide behind Windows services each time the system loads. This makes the manual removal of the Search.yellowise.com Google redirect almost impossible.

Common signs to watch out for in your system behavior if you have the Google redirect virus.